Alexandra Stoian

Alexandra Stoian (until 2008 Alexandra Rusu; * August 5, 1983 in Bran, Brasov county ) is a Romanian biathlete.

The student Alexandra Stoian lives in her hometown of Bran. It operates since 1993 Biathlon and belongs since 1997 to the Romanian national team. They will start for S. C. Dinamo Brasov, where she is coached by Gheorghe Garnita. Stoian had a comparatively long career at junior level. She joined in 1999 Pokljuka, 2000 in Hochfilzen, 2002 Ridnaun, 2003 and 2004 in Haute Maurienne Kościelisko at Junior World Championships at. Multiple reached good, if not superior results. So it was in 2002 Tenth in the pursuit and Ninth in the sprint. The latter position it reached a year later. At their first Junior European Championships 2000 Stoian participated in Zakopane. This was followed by launches in 2001 in Haute Maurienne, 2002 Kontiolahti, 2003 Forni Avoltri and in 2004 in Minsk. As early as 2001 it could reach very good results with the season in sixth in the pursuit and in fourth. But her best Junior Championships was their last. She won bronze in the singles, placed seventh in the sprint and fifth in the pursuit. In the senior European Championships 2006 in Langsdorf and 2007 in Bansko, the squadron results best placements ( 10 / 8 ) were.

1999 debuted Stoian in Hochfilzen in the Biathlon World Cup ( 90th in the individual ). Your best result in a pure individual World Cup race was a 45th in a single Pokljuka in the 2007/ 08 season. Better rankings, including the top ten, she reached several times in the relay. Best result in 2005 was the seventh place in the pre-Olympic competition in Cesana San Sicario, reached with their long-time partners Season Dana Plotogea, Tofalvi and Mihaela Purdea. Multiple, first in 2005 in Hochfilzen and 2007 in Antholz participated in the Romanian at Biathlon World Championships. Your best results they achieved in the relay, 14th in 2005 and 2007 Eleventh. The Career highlights Stoians were the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City and 2006 in Turin. In 2002, she appeared only in the sprint and 2006 in individual ( 68 ) Sprint ( 45 ), the prosecution was there 72, ( overtaken by Kati Wilhelm ) and 14th in the relay. 2008, the next World Cup finals followed in Östersund, where 45th best result was in singles. 2009 reached Stoian in Pyeongchang with 29th place in the sprint their first points win in the World Cup. The pursuit race, she finished as 57th in singles from Romania was at number 68 and with the season they came on the eighth. In Pokljuka Stoian was in 24th place of the sprint enhance their best World Cup result yet. Alexandra Stoian took part in the 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Her best result was the 85th place in the individual. It was her only start in Vancouver.

Biathlon World Cup rankings

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